Catwalk goes all bling with this new urban night from the Hot2Def team, with R&B and hip-hop tunes from DJs Junior J and Lil Crow

A reliably rammed, award-winning urban night, hosted by residents DJ Bliss and Mr Shef Codes

Oldschool Belgian hip-hop DJ Sake guests at this award-winning club night

Jay-Z’s official tour DJ Guru plays for this reliably rammed, award winning, urban night, plus warm-up from residents DJ Bliss and Mr Shef Codes

The musical mastermind behind A Tribe Called Quest’s revolutionary approach to hip-hop makes his Dubai debut

Aussie dance production duo Nervo – aka Miriam and Olivia, also known as The Nervo Sisters – are best known for working with Armin van Buuren, Ke$ha, Pussycat Dolls and Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Kenyan rapper DNA (which stands for ‘Dreams ’n’ Ambitions’, apparently) is best known for 2006 hit ‘Banjuka’

Resident DJs Manoj and Shadow play desi and Bollywood with a mix of house and R&B

Ten top DJs come together to say goodbye to one of Dubai’s iconic dancefloors for summer

The Bassworx team relaunches for the new season with a special guest from New York

Expect to hear old-school hip-hop, Brit beat, breaks, electro and more from Sister Rock, DJ East and Desert Collective at this fresh and gritty bass night

Spanish deep-house vocalist Nalaya Brown rose to fame thanks to TV talent show Popstars, before making a name alongside Wagon Cookin. Now fronting SuperMartXé, she guests at Cavalli

A stellar bill of DJs including special guests Jay Shepheard and Michael James, at Nasimi’s penultimate outdoor party before summer

Grammy Award-winning producer and DJ Sparks is known for working with A-list hip-hop talent including Akon, Pitbull, Ludacris, Rick Ross and The Notorious B.I.G

A selection of commercial house classics

UK-based DJ Cosmic joins the Dust team for a night of nu-disco grooves

Dubai’s most reliable regular arty event

Andy Smith is best known for supplying beats and glitches to Portishead’s seminal Dummy and Portishead albums

Parisian hip hop legend DJ Cut Killer will play Movida on Thursday January 31

Expect a mix of hip-hop, rock, disco and dance from P Diddy’s official tour DJ

With his boss in Dubai to play at Atelier on Friday, 50 Cent’s official DJ – the charmingly named Whoo Kid – earns an extra buck on the side joining DJ Bliss and the 411 team at this award-winning urban night

Twilllight Entertainment is pleased to announce House DJ Competition featuring DJ Jayden Alva

Jordan’s DJ Sotusura returns to Dubai, a year after playing Dust’s launch party at Trilogy

Expect hip-hop, boogie, nu-disco and fresh funk from the DUST team

A versatile decksmith and MC, DJ GQ (real name Kristopher Cottrell) has shared a stage with the likes of Pitbull, Busta Rhymes and G Unit